"Who love my man, I'm a liar if I say I don't But I'll quit my man, I'm a liar if I say I wont."

"I've been your slave Ever since I've been your babe But before I be your dog I'll see you in your grave."

"I ain't good looking And my hair ain't curls But my mother she give me something It's going to carry me through this …"

"Lord I love my man, tell the world I do I love my man, tell the world I do But when he mistreats me Makes me feel so …"

"Some men like me talkin' happy Some calls it snappy Some call me honey Others think I got money Some tell me baby you…"

"Them that's got shall get Them that's not shall lose So the Bible said and it still is news Mama may have, Papa may h…"

"Yes, the strong gets more While the weak ones fade Empty pockets don't ever make the grade Mama may have, Papa may ha…"

"Money, you've got lots of friends Crowding round the door When you're gone, spending ends They don't come no more Ric…"

"No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music."

"[I]t takes a bad woman to be a good godmother."